2015 ANNUAL REPORT OUR VISION OUR MISSION To be the world’s leading To inspire cycling nation . Australians through performance, to ride with us. participation and Everyday. advocacy. Everywhere. Front Cover: Rohan Dennis (SA) on the podium after claiming the Maillot Jaune yellow leader’s jersey at the 2015 Tour de France Left: Annette Edmondson (SA) celebrates after winning the Omnium at the 2015 UCI Track World Championships in France TABLE OF CONTENTS SPONSORS AND PARTNERS 4 - 5 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 40 - 41 BOARD/EXECUTIVE TEAM 6 ANTI-DOPING 42 - 43 AUSTRALIAN SPORTS 7 FINANCIAL REPORT 45 - 69 COMMISSION MESSAGE WORLD RESULTS 71 - 90 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 8 - 9 AUSTRALIAN RESULTS 91 - 119 CEO'S MESSAGE 10 - 11 TEAM LISTINGS 120 - 123 HIGH PERFORMANCE 12 - 15 OFFICE BEARERS 124 - 126 PARA-CYCLING PROGRAM 16 - 17 AND STAFF SPORT 18 - 19 COMMISSIONS 127 PARTICIPATION 20 - 21 HONOUR ROLL 128 - 130 STATE ASSOCIATIONS 22 - 37 AWARD WINNERS 131 - JAYCO 2014 CYCLIST OF THE YEAR MEMBERSHIP 38 - 39 PHOTOGRAPHY CREDIT: John Veage I Graham Watson I Andy Jones Con Chronis I Cycling Australia I Veloshotz Michael Matthews on the podium in pink leader’s jersey at the 2015 Giro d’Italia PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY PRINCIPAL SPONSOR MAJOR PARTNER SPORT PARTNERS AUTOMOTIVE PARTNER BROADCAST PARTNERS SPONSORS & OFFICIAL SUPPLIERS 4 CYCLING AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT 2015 SPONSORS AND PARTNERS AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION Principal Sponsor and Partner AND AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT JAYCO Major sponsor of Cycling Australia national teams and High Performance Unit, men's road continental team, professional track and women’s road trade teams, and Cyclist of the Year Awards AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE International competition funding AUSTRALIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE National program and competition funding AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH Elite and junior national program funding GAMES ASSOCIATION SUBARU Major sponsor of partnering broadcast production, vehicle supplier to Cycling Australia and Cyclist of the Year Awards NINE NETWORK Broadcast partner – FTA FOX SPORTS Broadcast partner – STV CITY OF BALLARAT Host partner of the Cycling Australia National Road Championships SPORT & RECREATION VICTORIA Support of the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic EVENTS TASMANIA Support of the Tour of Tasmania SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT Support of the Cycling Australia National Track Championships and Tour Down Under TOURISM EVENTS QUEENSLAND, Support of Cairns MTB World Cup TOURISM TROPICAL NORTH QUEENSLAND AND CAIRNS REGIONAL COUNCIL GREENEDGE Support of Cycling Australia’s High Performance Unit SMS SANTINI Supplier of clothing for Australian national teams, Jayco-AIS World Tour Academy and professional track trade team MAPEI Cycling Australia High Performance Unit sponsor MARS Major sponsor of the Cycling Australia Road National Championships BIKE TECHNOLOGIES (BT) Sponsor of bikes for the Australian track team SCOTT BIKES Supply of road bikes to the men's continental team, AIS women's road team, women's track endurance team and the track sprint team VITTORIA Provision of tyres to national and AIS cycling teams SHIMANO Supply of bike componentry to national programs NESTEC LTD Sponsor of Cycling Australia High Performance Unit sports nutrition program SHEPPARD CYCLES (GIRO) Helmet sponsor of High Performance Unit SINGAPORE AIRLINES Supporting airline of Cycling Australia High Performance Unit and national teams PREMAX Sports cream sponsor of Cycling Australia TRAININGPEAKS Official training software of Cycling Australia MORGAN BLUE Official bike cleaning and lubrications products supplier to national and AIS cycling teams ITALKTRAVEL GLYNDE Cycling Australia Awards Night sponsor and High Performance Unit support ELITE Supplier of bidons to Australian cycling teams and HPU RECOVERY PUMP Official compression therapy aid supplier to Cycling Australia BONT CYCLING Supplier of custom made shoes to Australian cycling teams KING & WOOD MALLESONS Support of National Junior Track Series and Cycling Australia Awards SBS TELEVISION Broadcast partner (concluded December 2014) 5 CYCLING AUSTRALIA BOARD MALCOLM SPEED AO GERRY RYAN OAM President / Chairperson Appointed Director (Retired 19 May 2015) DAVID ANSELL MATTHEW DEVER LINDA EVANS Director Director Director LEEANNE GRANTHAM ANTHONY GRIFFIN JUSTIN QUILL Director Director Director EXECUTIVE TEAM NICHOLAS JOHN MATTHEW KEVIN GARETH GREEN OAM MCDONOUGH ROBERTS TABOTTA WATKINS Chief Executive Chief Financial General Manager National Performance General Manager Officer Officer – Commercial Director – High – Participation Performance Unit PAUL BROSNAN General Manager – High Performance Unit AMY MCCANN National Manager – Communications MELINDA TARRANT Chief Operating Officer (until 31 July 2015) STEVE PETERSON Events Manager (until 4 March 2015) 6 CYCLING AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Miles Scotson in action during the time trial at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships in the USA MESSAGE FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION AUSTRALIA’S WINNING EDGE SPORTS The past year has seen considerable Some highlights in 2014-15 included: success and progress for Australian sport Personal excellence - The most significant on the world stage, for the Australian athlete wellbeing program in AIS history, incorporating myAISPlaybook - a new high performance athlete Sports Commission (ASC), and our elite learning and development platform. sport partners and athletes. AIS Sports Draft - Athletes selected in this fast The Government’s 2014–15 investment of nearly $120 tracked development came together at the AIS to million continues to be refined to ensure funding is share their journeys as they transition to Olympic or aligned to sports with the greatest potential to contribute Commonwealth Games sports. to Australia’s Winning Edge 2012–2022 targets and AIS Centre for Performance Coaching and Leadership - maximise our chances at success. More than 45 coaches graduated from the centre, Since Winning Edge was launched, the AIS re-allocated providing development and mentoring for our brightest $20 million of high performance funding among sports coaches and administrators. and boosted direct athlete funding (dAIS) by $3.6 million As our attention starts to focus on Rio and the major or 40 per cent. events leading up to the Games, I look forward to the ASC The Sports Tally 2015 — the annual report card for teaming up with your organisation to help put our athletes Australian sports — revealed promising signs as we gear in the best possible position and enhance our chances of up for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, while success. highlighting some of the challenges presented by our performance at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. JOHN WYLIE AM In March the Commission launched Play.Sport.Australia. Chair — our plan to help NSOs build participation in sport Australian Sports Commission and make sure all Australians enjoy its benefits. Sports have the opportunity to attract more than 4.5 million Australians into their communities. It’s important that we work together to ensure that more Australians, particularly young Australians, participate in sport more often and that we have strong organisations that deliver the products and opportunities Australians want. 7 8 CYCLING AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Riders tackle a climb during the 2015 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in Geelong PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Cycling Australia (CA) has had a challenging While I am reluctant to point out any individual performances in an outstanding year, I was personally delighted to see but productive year in 2015. The sport is Anna Meares OAM become the most successful female track booming and there are many opportunities cyclist in history with her eleventh world championship ahead of us. The major challenge is to ensure gold medal at the 2015 UCI World Track Championships. that the governing body takes its place as We continue to deliver on our medal targets identified in the the leader of the sport. ASC Australia’s Winning Edge high performance strategy. Our High Performance Unit, led by Kevin Tabotta and Paul Our new board has been in operation for over twelve months, Brosnan, has performed at a very high level. having been elected in September 2014. You will recall that The support that we receive from the ASC across a wide the board members were hand-picked from a long list of range of areas is greatly appreciated. interested and qualified applicants. My task is to ensure that they are stretched, challenged and provide first-rate In September, I was pleased to attend the UCI Congress leadership and strategic direction to CA. They have attacked in Richmond, Virginia, USA. The event brought together the task with enthusiasm and it has been a pleasure to chair some of the most notable leaders in the sport and it was the discussions. We believe that we can see the way ahead a great opportunity to gain insights and learnings from for CA and are enthusiastic about its future. global experts. It was gratifying to see that Australia is well regarded and well positioned on the international stage. It is widely recognised that CA experienced significant Tracey Gaudry represents us well as Vice President of the challenges in recent times, requiring its leadership to take UCI and her influence across a wide range of areas has been stock and implement a clear and effective plan to put it most valuable for CA. Additionally, we have had two valuable back on track. It is time to move on from the problems of the international appointments this year - Anna Meares has been past as there is much to be done. appointed to the UCI Athletes’ Commission, and our Director At the core of the changes at CA is a renewed focus on of High Performance Kevin Tabotta, has been appointed to financial management and governance. We have worked the UCI Track Commission. extremely hard to ensure that we continue to meet As we look to 2016, there are challenges and opportunities the standards expected of a leading national sporting that lay ahead. The Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be our organisation. This has led to changes of CA’s strategic most prominent challenge. The board’s focus will be on direction and the introduction of a new leadership team.